Here are just a few of the #NewBooks we have added to our collections recently. 📚📚📚😊

Please join author Riikka Pulkkinen and her translator Tabatha Leggett in a conversation spanning literary representations of girlhood, the gaze of the camera in art, and the challenges of translating fragmented and metafictional narratives. 🗓️ 23 June at 5pm 📍 SSEES ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

📚 Our Language/s: Multilingualism in the Balkans This event will explore the #Balkan diaspora’s linguistic landscape, focusing on how non-standardised and marginalised languages shape social difference and discrimination. 🗓️ 11 June at 4pm 📍 @britishlibrary.bsky.social events.bl.uk/events/balka...

Looking for something to read over the Bank Holiday weekend? Check our #NewBooks display for inspiration! 📚📚📚😎

We have bookable study spaces across our libraries. Find out more about availability and book here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/using-library/libraries-and-study-spaces/bookable-study-spaces-help

Undertaking a dissertation or research project? Find out more about our available resources and support for students here. https://library-guides.ucl.ac.uk/dissertations

Check out the next UCL Clothes Swap, happening tomorrow (8th May, 09:30-16:00) at the Chancellors Hall, Senate House. It's a great, sustainable, way to refresh your wardobe for free! 👚👖👟👒 ♻️ #Sustainability #GreenImpact #SustainableUCL www.ucl.ac.uk/sustainable/...

Please join us for this @seeatucl-ssees.bsky.social event, which will bring together the latest work from Slovenian author, Miha Mazzini and the late Croatian author, Daša Drndić. @flyonthewallpress.bsky.social 🗓️ 27 May at 6pm BST 📍 UCL SSEES ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Good luck to everyone starting their exams this week! 🍀 If you need a break from your studies, check out the article below.

Please note that SSEES Library will be CLOSED for the Bank Holiday on Monday 4th May. If you need somewhere to study, the Main Library, the Science Library and the Student Centre will all be open 24 hours, without staffed services. Check the opening hours of other UCL libraries here ⬇️

Are you a student in London with a collection of printed or handwritten materials you’re proud of? Apply for the Anthony Davis Book Collecting Prize by 25 May for a chance to win £600! Photo: stamp album covers from Penny James’ collection, 2025’s runner up. www.ucl.ac.uk/library/coll...

Please join us for this @seeatucl-ssees.bsky.social book presentation of 'Erased' by Miha Mazzini (@flyonthewallpress.bsky.social) and 'Dying in Toronto' by Daša Drndić (Istros Books). 🗓️ 27 May at 6pm BST 📍 UCL SSEES ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

#NewBooks for a new term! 📚📚📚😊

🔊 Bracewell Travelling Scholarship! The scholarship is funded by a gift from SSEES Emeritus Professor of History Wendy Bracewell, whose research examines South Slav history, and travel writing in eastern Europe. 🗓️ Deadline: 30 April ➡️ Apply now: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Applications now open for a fully-funded PhD studentship exploring Yugoslavia’s multifaceted role during the Cold War, co-supervised with @exeter.ac.uk . This is one of a number of studentships available as part of AHRC’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnership scheme. Find out more: link.bl.uk/q95

Our much missed @uclssees colleague Pete Duncan remembered in The Guardian. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

🔊We have just released some additional tickets due to high demand! Join us to celebrate the launch of 'Russian Pendulum' (@uclpress.bsky.social) by Prof. Alena Ledeneva. 🗓️ 30 April at 6pm 📍 UCL SSEES ➡️ Free and open to all: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

As the weather warms up, choose the sustainable way to stay hydrated. You can find our water fountain on the Lower Ground Floor of the Library. ⛲💧♻️ #Sustainability #GreenImpact #SustainableUCL

There are lots of interesting topics to explore in our #NewBooks display this week. 📚📚📚😊

On Yom ha-Shoah, the Jewish Holocaust Remembrance Day, we're highlighting some resources on the #Holocaust in @ucllibraries.bsky.social. General books on the Holocaust can be found in the Main Library at HEBREW A 130-149 and HISTORY 44 F

What happens when a political era defined by right wing populism comes to an end? Hungary has reached a pivotal moment. Viktor Orbán has conceded defeat after 16 years in power, with Péter Magyar’s Tisza party winning a two thirds majority according to independent reporting.

Cold War Socialism, Non-Alignment and Anti-Colonialism in the Yugoslav Press, 1961-1979 with @exeter.ac.uk. Applications open soon. link.bl.uk/q95

Four PhD studentships are now open for applications. As part of AHRC’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Scheme, these studentships are co-supervised by Library staff and academics based at UK universities. Find out more about the projects 😃

🔉The latest Slavonic & East European Review, edited by @uclssees.bsky.social, is out! 👉 www.mhra.org.uk/publications... Articleson literature and history, plus the usual book reviews 📚 Via @projectmuse.bsky.social 👉 muse.jhu.edu/issue/56599

We would like to wish you all a good Easter Break. Find out more about library opening hours and access to online resources here: www.ucl.ac.uk/library/news...

It's not too late to borrow a book for the Easter break! We are open until 17:00 today. Here are just a few of the latest additions to our collections. #NewBooks 📚😊

Come and hear two of Ukraine's best writers - Myroslav Laiuk and Yulia Musakovska - discuss writing about Ukraine with the brililant Luke Harding at UCL on 14 April. In partnership with @ukrinstitute.bsky.social. @uclssees.bsky.social @lukeharding1968.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Happy Easter to all our users! 🐣🐥🐇🪺🌱🌸 SSEES Library will close at the earlier time of 17:00 tomorrow and re-open at 09:00 on Wednesday 8th April. You can check the opening hours of all UCL libraries here: tinyurl.com/nrm7x9r2

What is the role of literature and journalism in shaping the world’s perception of #Ukraine and the war? Join us for this discussion with three writers who have approached Ukraine in very different ways in their work. 🗓️ 14 April at 6.45pm 📍 UCL Bentham House ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

We're delighted to welcome Professor Jasna Dragović-Soso as the new Director of SSEES from September 2026! www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

It’s been great to work in #University #College #London this week in #UCL @uclsseeslibrary.bsky.social School of #Slavonic and #East #European Studies Library. What a superb staff. Thank you for all your amazing help!

Please join us to celebrate the launch of 'Russian Pendulum' (@uclpress.bsky.social) by Prof. Alena Ledeneva. Speakers: Benjamin Woodgates, @drseanhanley.bsky.social, Irina Petrova, Vladimir Pastukhov and Eva Ladipo. 🗓️ 30 April at 6pm 📍 UCL SSEES ➡️ Free and open to all: lnkd.in/erPWF8Yf

BIG news! We're delighted to announce the award-winning German-Georgian writer Nino Haratischwili as our 2026 Writer in Residence. Hosted by UCL European Institute with EUNIC London, Goethe Institute London & European Literature Network. www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins...

🔊 Only a few tickets left for Wednesday's screening of 'Million Moments for Democracy' (2025). 🗓️ 25 March at 5.30pm 📍 UCL SSEES Register for free: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

🎉 We are delighted to see Freya Proudman, PhD candidate at SSEES, featured in the Faces of UCL. Freya joined SSEES as an undergraduate student in 2018, and has dedicated the last eight years to advancing human rights and social justice. Read more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/about/search...

A new display in the Main Library explores the history of some of @ucl.ac.uk’s key collections, and the staff who developed them. Read more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/library/news... #UCL200

16-20 March is Reading List Week at UCL. UCL students, tell us how we can support you in using your online reading list by completing this survey: ucl-global.libwizard.com/f/Readinglis...

🔉 UCL staff and students - how are you feeling about copyright? UCL copyright team have a range of upcoming sessions to support you, refresh your knowledge and answer your questions 👩‍💻📝 Take a look and register 👉 buff.ly/a508cP4 (Image AI-generated from Microsoft Copilot)

The in-person tickets are now sold out, but you can still join us online to hear from the bestselling author and EU Prize for Literature winner Tatiana Țîbuleac. 🗓️ 13 March at 5pm 📍 In-person & online ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Spring has sprung in SSEES Library! 🌸🌼🌱🪺💐 Have you seen the display on the Ground Floor, celebrating Balkan traditions connected to welcoming spring? ❤️🤍

What’s so Special about UCL Special Collections? is back at UCL East! Join us on 24 Mar to explore a selection of rare books and archives, meet members of our team, and discover the stories behind these fascinating materials at this relaxed, free event. Book now on tinyurl.com/uclopenmorning.

💡 Did you know the first Briton in space, Dr Helen Sharman, studied at SSEES? Helen did her MA in Central and South-East European Studies, which allowed her to develop her interest in the East European languages she had encountered in the USSR. #InternationalWomensDay #IWD2026 #WomensHistoryMonth

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of Russell Square The houses visible behind the trees used, I think, to house the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, now part of @ucl.ac.uk @uclsseeslibrary.bsky.social If you like this image, please repost it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

We've updated our #NewBooks display. 📚📚📚 See something you would like to borrow? Find these and other new books on the Ground Floor of the Library, by the self-service machine.

There is still time to book a place for tomorrow’s PLEJ session, which will explore the possibilities and outcomes of object-based learning in student-led projects involving SSEES Library and its holdings: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-west-a...

Join the Platform for Linguistic and Epistemic Justice for a session showcasing a student-led project using object-based learning to explore the multilingual SSEES Library collections. 📅 Wed 4 March ⏰ 4–5 pm 📍 Room 432, SSEES ☕ Followed by refreshments 🎟️ To book: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-west-a...

200 years ago, UCL was founded on a radical idea: education for all. To mark our bicentenary, the Two Centuries Here Exhibition explores UCL’s past, present, and future across our Bloomsbury campus. The exhibition is open from 18 Feb 2026 to 31 July 2027. #UCL200

Join us for an evening talk with bestselling author and EU Prize for Literature winner Tatiana Țîbuleac, who will discuss how #Moldovan, #Romanian and diasporic history and identities reflect throughout her writing. 🗓️ 13 March at 5pm 📍 In-person & online ➡️ www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Two Centuries Here is a multi-space exhibition in the heart of central London, tracing @ucl.ac.uk’s origins and exploring 200 years of ground-breaking research, innovation, education and impact. Find out more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/about/events... #UCL200

🎬 SSEES Film Festival Vol 1: "Resistance" The festival forms part of our UCL200 programme of events to celebrate UCL’s bicentenary. The film screenings are free but ticketed. Book here: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit... @artshumsucl.bsky.social